‍Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer arrested in Canada at the request of U.S. authorities, was released on bail by a Canadian court on Tuesday, but the case is far from over. The Chinese government has urged the Canadian side to "immediately correct its mistake and release Ms. Meng Wanzhou".

U.S. President Donald Trump has openly expressed the possibility of intervening in the case against the top Chinese executive if it is in the interests of "national security" and helps to reach a trade deal with China.

Professor Mohammad Marandi, from the University of Tehran, thinks Meng's arrest is nothing but a political game played by the U.S. government. "The U.S. did that very often in the past, and many Iranians have been detained in the U.S. or in other countries at the request of the U.S." Marandi continued to point out that the U.S. would put pressure on countries like Canada, which are susceptible to U.S. influence.

Meng was accused of using a Hong Kong shell company to sell equipment to Iran in violation of U.S. sanctions, but in Meng's three hearings, no solid evidence was offered that could prove her link to Iran, and none of the U.S. media cares about Iran's role in the whole process. They have been too busy talking about Meng's wealth and suggesting her possible connections with the Chinese government.

"I just want to give a small example," Professor Marandi continued. "A few months ago, I was invited by the BBC World Service to go to Beirut to take part in a debate at the American University of Beirut. I am American-born. The U.S. State Department warned the AUB not to allow me to enter the campus to take part in that debate and the AUB then refused to let me in. The BBC had to move to somewhere else."

"That is a violation of the First Amendment, but no media in the U.S., and no Western reporter has reported this. So there is silence when someone academic like myself (in Iran) who is silenced by the U.S. government is completely ignored. That's why I'm saying when it comes to what's happening in Canada and China in the Western media, you are not going to see an objective presentation of the case, and that hurts Ms. Meng's case," Marandi concluded.